Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-05-12

regard to the appearance Of the wounds
and as TO the length Of time they might
have been made.
Mr.. Carl Peterson testified. Lived
at Miles City in August last; | saw
the lady Mrs. Stupe at Mr.. Rohde's
| went There with DR.. Redd, DIR. Wood
and Mr.. Middleton the prosecuting
attorney at that time Mrs. Stupe was
lying upon the bed in her night dress,
! can't swear that | saw any bruises
upon her body.
c. r. Middleton testified rs follows:
First saw Mrs. Stupe on the day Of the
supposed occurrence with Pepper and
McGurk; saw her at Rhodes hotel;
examined her body in company with
DR.. Wood as to bruises; there wss a
wound upon her left leg about the
knee; over her right breast was some
small marks and under the left breast
there was a black and blue marx
about two or two and half inches 10
length; when we went there she wa.
In state Of nervous rrostrstion.
Cameron II. Gouley testified to the
fact Of having given Mrs. Stupe q
room at the Rsnchmen's hotel al
which place he was the clerk.
Samuel Gordon testified as follows:
Reside in Miles City; lived here In
August last, my residence is across the
alley from what IL known as the Pep.
per house; was at home on the night
OF the alleged crime; on that night
WAS awakened by noise which
couldn't locate or identify; at first
got up and went into the room sd-
joining the alley and there located the
noise In Peppers house and identified
II as woman's voice;it was moaning,
sobbing, crying kind Of a sound; |
think il was between and 4 o'clock
after that welt to bed again; | dozed
off again and was hardly asleep when
| heard a sound Of door closing
| heard voice in the street and saw
Mrs. Stupe the witness talking to az
old colored aunty; che had her bundle.
and bags 10 her hand aud was acros.
the street pretty near 20 the other side.
walk.
VIM. Green testified as follows: Re.
member the time Of this occurrence;
heard female voice that night; II
sounded like lady In distress; heard
bet between Pepper and McGurk
al out ten dollar bill that Pepper bad
left on the bureau; he bet dollar he
wouldn't go aud get IL or something
of that kind; seen McGurk that day
be came into the room; We roCmed to-
gether; ne came In and walked me up
aud bid Inc good by and said he was
going out of town for while.
Mrs. Samuel Gordon testified as to
noises che heard in the Pepper house
on the night Of this occurrence; ]
heard q noise that sounded like the
scream Of lady.
George Wakehsm testified as to driv-
ing hack to Fort Keogh and to see
iog the defendant McGurk there.
James Comfy testified to the fact o.
arr.sting McGurk at the government
ferry about two miles from Fort
Keogh.
w. ID. Smith testified to the arres
of the defendant ut the government
ferry.
william Stupe, the husband o
the prosecuting witness, testified Al
follows: Live at Billings; Mrs. Stup'
is my wife; was married to her on tn,
18th Of August, 1855, the first time
again had the ceremony performed IL
February, 1856, on account Of the burn
ing OF the certificate OF marriage In ,
fire which occurred at Fort Custer
Al this point the case for the prosecu
tion closed.
John McGurk, the defendant, testi
fed in his own behalf as follows
Live in Miles City; am 81 years of age
have seen the witness, Mrs. Stupe, be-
fore; first saw her in August last at
the depot at about o'clock in the
morning; was walking on the plat
form and couple Of women called me
and told me TO take this woman to q
hotel; the woman was Maggie Cobb
and | don't know who the other on,
was; the woman came up to me and
said she wanted hotel or boarding
house and asked me to take her to ,
hotel; I took her to the Drover Hous,
and told her that was hotel; she sale
she didn't want TO stop al q hotel;
had q room opposite q and told he
she could have 1t II she wanted II; sh
said all right, and | took her over h
the room aud lii the light and she 81
down on the bed; she said she was ter
ribly tired; told her II she would ge
out early she could have II; she saiC
all rightand wanted to know II wa
going to stay there; l told her no; sh'
talked few minutes and started ou
into the hall and stood on the from
step Of the house, aud she got up and
came out and brought her luggage
with her; asked II the place didn''
suit her; there was some women across
the street: she inquired about thu